People have long forgotten that Nolan Ryan pitched about five years with “his elbow on a string”. They also forget that until recently a partially torn ligament wouldn’t have even been known or talked about. Tanaka, for example, could pitch years w/o a problem. Or a day. The same goes for Kershaw, King Felix, Latos, Scherzer, Lester, Cy Young…. It’s all a crapshoot…